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Abuse of diplomatic immunity in bilateral relations: a critique on the vienna convention on diplomatic relations, 1961
(Strathmore University, 2016)This study examines the abuse of diplomatic immunity and privileges. This study further gives an analysis ofthe Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations which has been ratified by many states. The Convention is established ... -
Access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)Access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources, which are defined as including microorganisms, plant and animal material including indigenous seeds, genetic plant varieties and traditional animal breeds that contain ... -
Access to employment for persons with disabilities: the case of Kenya.
(Strathmore University, 2017)This study sought to investigate access to employment by PWDs in Kenya, the law surrounding the issue of disability, the factors impeding the application of these set out laws and to come up with recommendations on the ... -
Access to healthcare among marginalized Kenyan communities: A Case study of the People of Turkana County, Republic of Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017-01)Over time during the ensuing years of the late 20th century, Kenyans came to view the Kenya Constitution of 1963, under which Kenya gained independence from British rule in December 1963, as inadequate and in need of Reform. ... -
Access to information and rights of third parties to contracts in the Kenyan extractives-mining industry
(Strathmore University, 2017)The resource curse paradox is quite queer indeed however it can be explained simply. On one hand, there needs to be significant foreign investment and technology to exploit natural resources. On the other, state revenues ... -
Access to information in Kenya: statutory enactment of Constitutional rights
(Strathmore University, 2017-01)Access to information in Kenya was not adequately catered for in law. It has taken too long to enact an access to information law thus leaving room for violation of the right of access to information. This study seeks to ... -
Access to justice: epistolary jurisdiction as a means of improving access to justice in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2016)Access to justice is cardinal to the success and well-being of any democracy. To this effect various legislative mechanisms and avenues have been instituted in different democracies to ease enjoyment of this cardinal right ... -
Access to private deliberations of administrative bodies The case of the judicial service commission
(Strathmore University, 2020)Administrative functions in Kenya are devolved to administrative bodies. Three categories of administrative bodies exist: public bodies, private bodies exercising public functions, and private bodies exercising de facto ... -
Accessing justice in Kenya: An analysis of case backlog in Nakuru environment and land court
(Strathmore University, 2020)In Kenya, various laws such as the Constitution and Judicial Service Commission Act of 2015, guarantee the right to access to justice as a human right. However, evidence shows that people are not accessing justice expeditiously ... -
Accommodation and Assimilation in Kenya’s Pluralist Context: Contrasting the Normative Qualifications Supplied to Islamic Law and African Customary Law’s ‘Defects’ in Personal Law Matters
(Strathmore University, 2021-03)It is said that one of the enduring legacies of colonialism in Africa is the fact of legal pluralism. This fact has arisen from the maintenance of received European laws after colonialism and of the pre-colonial laws that ... -
Addressing ethnic based politics in Kenya: a socio-legal perspective
(Strathmore University, 2017)The political pillar of Kenya’s Vision 2030 seeks to achieve the development a political system that is issue-based, people-centered, result-oriented and accountable to the public. Despite these aspirations, politics in ... -
Addressing the challenges of stateless minority groups: case study of the Nubians in Kibera
(Strathmore University, 2020-11)The focus on the study of minorities has been driven by both international and national desire to create peace and stability for all. Currently, the major problem is how to best extend protection towards this group at both ... -
Addressing the inadequacies in the bail and bond provisions in Kenya: focus on corruption cases.
(Strathmore University, 2020-11)The Constitution of Kenya does provide for the right to bail for arrested persons, however, there are no clear guidelines to govern the granting of bail and bond for corruption cases. The discretion has been left at the ... -
Adequacy and enforceability of the Kenyan environmental law with regard to polythene pollution in Kenya.
(Strathmore University, 2016)Kenya has for a long time been affected with issues of polythene pollution which has gotten out of hand over the years with the filling up of gazetted dumpsites in Nairobi. This has brought about serious health risks through ... -
The Administrative factors hindering the efficient accountability of public officers in fulfilling public functions
(Strathmore University, 2017-01)This dissertation focuses on the regulation and holding to account of public officers with regard to fulfilling public functions, which can be understood as the responsibility taken up by the state to provide public services ... -
ADR, access to justice and development in Kenya
(Kariuki Muigua and Company, 2014-05)Development is not feasible in a conflict situation. Conflicts and disputes must be managed effectively and expeditiously for development to take place. Formal mechanisms for conflict management have not always been ... -
Affirmative action laws and policies: Interrogating their effectiveness in the promotion of substantive gender-based equality in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2021)The aim of this research is to determine why gender-based affirmative action laws and policies seem not to yield desirable results in the public sector and to suggest necessary legal reforms. This is to be done by ... -
Alternative means to a method: introducing informal methods of policing in Kenya to improve police accountability and transparency.
(Strathmore University, 2020-11)The Constitution of Kenya 2010 clearly posits that members of the National Police Service have the mandate to prevent corruption and beyond practicing, promote the notions of accountability and transparency. The transformation ... -
Analysing the exclusion of child soldiers seeking asylum under article 1F of the 1951 refugee convention on the principle of the best interests of the child
(Strathmore University, 2016)This paper assesses the application of Article IF (a) of the Refugee Convention to child soldiers seeking asylum on the best interests principle of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In conducting the assessment, ... -
An analysis of the viability of implementing the proposed small claims courts in the kenyan judiciary
(Strathmore University, 2016)This dissertation sought to evaluate the viability of introducing Small Claims Courts to the Kenyan Judiciary by investigating the legislative and institutional frameworks that would govern the small ...
